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		<title>Developing “Text, Talk, and Act”: A new strategy for combining ‘thick’ and ‘thin’ engagement</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD members may be interested in contributing to the development of a new public engagement process that will roll out in December as part of the National Dialogue on Mental Health. &#8220;Text, Talk, and Act&#8221; has been developed by Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC), the other members of the National Dialogue&#8217;s Creating Community Solutions partnership, and the directors of two civic technology nonprofits: Michelle Lee of Textizen and Michael Smith of United Americans. Sandy Heierbacher of NCDD, Raquel Goodrich of the National [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/13394">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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